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From: John Bokma <john@castleamber.com>
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Subject: Re: Python IDE/text-editor
Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 00:29:07 -0500
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Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> writes:

> Alec Taylor <alec.taylor6@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I'm looking for an IDE which offers syntax-highlighting,
>> code-completion, tabs, an embedded interpreter and which is portable
>> (for running from USB on Windows).
>
> Either of Emacs <URL:http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/> or Vim
> <URL:http://www.vim.org/> are excellent general-purpose editors that
> have strong features for programmers of any popular language or text
> format.

I second Emacs or vim. I currently use Emacs the most, but I think it's
good to learn both.

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